Any person who has in his or her possession or control any property of any person applying for or receiving aid from the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund or the Department of Veterans Affairs, or who is indebted to such applicant or recipient or has knowledge of any property belonging to him or her, and any officer who has control of the books and accounts of any corporation which has possession or control of any property belonging to any person applying for or receiving such aid or is indebted to him or her, shall, upon presentation by the disbursing officer thereof or any person deputized by him or her of a certificate signed by him or her, stating that such applicant or recipient has applied for or is receiving aid from said fund or the department, make full disclosure to such disbursing officer or deputy of any such property or indebtedness. Such disclosure may be obtained in like manner of the property or indebtedness of any person liable for the support of any such applicant or recipient.